Meghan Bohles January 11, 2015 Formal Essay Greek mythology and Native American myths are more connected then people may think they are. For one they are polytheist, the belief in, or woship of more then one god. They both make sacrifices to these gods, and they both got run over by other groups of people. These three points are the connection between Atala and Odyssey. In Atala the Native Americans worshiped more than one god, and they are very closely related to the Greek gods.
It wasn’t until shortly after his death that Karl Marx’s ideology began to significantly influence socialist movements. Although relatively unknown during his lifetime he has become one of the fundamental economic and sociological figures of the modern era. Many of his theories and insights into the way society functions are still relevant in the expanding capitalist society that exists today. Marx was very critical of capitalism and the division in society between the bourgeoisie and proletariat classes, attempting to highlight the injustice and exploitation of the working class by the wealthy upper and middle class. Marx predicted that capitalism within a socioeconomic system would inevitably create internal tensions between social classes leading to its demise and replacement by a new system, communism.
Compare and Contrast the values, institution, and actions of the city –states of Sparta and Athens. Athens and Sparta are Greece’s most famous city-states. They were both rivals to each other and very powerful. Sparta and Athens were different in social structure, male and female role, cultural values and government. Athens is known for their art, intellect and political influence in the western world.
The reason Sparta had so many levels of government was because they had to control and limit the kings in case they got too much power. In contrast, Athens was a democracy, which meant that it was ruled by the people. However democracy in ancient Athens was quite different from the way it is practised today. Athens was a direct democracy were every decision was made by a big group of eligible citizens in some cases there were more than 6000 citizens involved. The Athenians also had a council of 500 men called the boule.
Because of pottery’s durability, it comprises a large part of the archaeological record of the Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it, it has exerted a large influence on the understanding of Greek society. Each period has its own style of decorations. Although, Greek pottery was used to explain myths and legends, it also had many other uses. Greek pottery is famed for its range of uses, from large storage containers for oil and grain to small pots meant to hold perfumes to vessels used strictly for ceremonial purposes, as much as for the range of motifs, patterns and painting techniques utilized, or used, by Greek artisans. As you can see, there are many uses for Greek pottery.
The wealthy always took the best farm land. The poor were indebted to the wealthy to the extent that they even offered themselves as slaves to pay up. Slaves: slaves were also found in Athens, but unlike the Spartans whose slaves where owned by the states, in Athens, slaves were owned by individuals either poor or wealthy. The slaves were either citizens (those that lost their citizenship) or foreigners. This was changed by Solon that no one should use himself to pay for his debts; he then created three groups, the wealthy, merchants and the
In this essay, I will explore the conflicts that prevailed between the Athenian aristocracy, citizens who controlled most of society’s land and therefore wealth, and its peasantry, those who owned no land and lacked social mobility; the proliferation of blood feuds between different aristocratic factions; and the impact of Solon’s reform on Athenian society. As a principle source, I will refer to Plutarch’s “The Rise and Fall of Athens: Nine Greek Lives.” Part I In this first part of the essay, I will examine the strife between the two primary classes in Athens during the time of Solon: aristocrats and peasants. As stated above, to be considered an aristocrat one had to be in possession of significant property, primarily land, and animals. There were two types of peasants: one owned some land (albeit this land tended to be unfertile), and the other peasant owned no land and grew crops on land lent to them in exchange for a sixth of their harvest. Peasants who did own their own lands did not have enough resources to keep some seed of their crop and continuously had to borrow seed from the rich, but without any property or material good they had to use their own freedom as collateral nd become debt slaves if they defaulted on their loans.
A Spartan's life was centered on the state, because they lived and died to serve the state. Although the competing city-states of Sparta and Athens were individually different as well as governmentally diverse, they both managed to become dominating powers in Ancient Greece. The political power of Athens is based on economic power. Democracy is based on middle class economic power. In slow evolution towards democracy, as their trade increased, Athenian craftsmen and merchants had enough money to purchase their own weapons.
Many Greeks lived on small farms, but were unable to support themselves because of bad agricultural practices and larger estates had to take over. They exported wine and olive oil to Rome. The Roman economy was dependent on slave labor. The Greeks had slaves, but were not dependent on them (Gill). Greece and Rome were both Mediterranean countries and are separated by countryside that was rather hilly.
The fascinating thing about Greece narrative is that both Athens and Sparta had a different audacious ideology and idiosyncratic systems of governance, Athens adumbrated the idea of a democratic state, while Sparta demarcated itself into a military society. Therefore, these differences in political idealism culminated different results. Athens and its territory of Attica flourished economically, and politically with iconic buildings like the Parthenon, while in contrast, Sparta, a city-state in the fertile